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- ↑ "Parliamentary Election Results by Electoral District:District Block Lists". SierraLeone.org. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
- ↑ http://www.slmineralresources.org/country_information/parliamentary_committee_mines.pdf%5B%5D
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